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the richter scale was early technology. >> probably a myth that i hear most often is my building is just fine in the loma prieta earthquake so everything is fine. is that true ? >> loma prieta was different. the ground acceleration here was quite moderate and the duration was moderate. so anyone that believes they survived a big earthquake and their building has been tested is sadly mistaken. >> we are planning for the bigger earthquake closer to san francisco and a fault totally independent. >> much stronger than the loma prieta earthquake. >> so people who were here in '89 they should say 3 times as strong and twice as long and that will give them more of an occasion of the earthquake we would have. 10 percent isn't really the threshold of damage. when you triple it you cross that line. it's much more damage in earthquake. >> i want to thank you, harvey, thanks pat for
the richter scale was early technology. >> probably a myth that i hear most often is my building is just fine in the loma prieta earthquake so everything is fine. is that true ? >> loma prieta was different. the ground acceleration here was quite moderate and the duration was moderate. so anyone that believes they survived a big earthquake and their building has been tested is sadly mistaken. >> we are planning for the bigger earthquake closer to san francisco and a fault...
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another feature we are proud of is technology. we have touch screens. we have sf made products, we'll have more in the future as we continue. we have these the wonderful maps back here. the one of san francisco and it's neighborhood and the one of california. it amazing how many volunteers want to get in front of this map and discuss what they remember about san francisco. we encourage you to spread the word and thank you for your partnership. thanks for coming tonight. enjoy the rest of the reception. thank you. >>> [ applause ] [ applause ] >>> >>> >> >>> good morning. i want is start by that thanking mayor lee for starting first. there are two stories today, the one you read about in the papers today, the deal and the process. the deal, the transaction i believe is a win win for the city of san francisco and for the medical center and the center health system. by the name, my name is gerardo. this agreement ruts results in a significantly larger hospital. 120 beds. a significantly smaller hospital. 255 beds. saint luke's hospital will be 25 of all th
another feature we are proud of is technology. we have touch screens. we have sf made products, we'll have more in the future as we continue. we have these the wonderful maps back here. the one of san francisco and it's neighborhood and the one of california. it amazing how many volunteers want to get in front of this map and discuss what they remember about san francisco. we encourage you to spread the word and thank you for your partnership. thanks for coming tonight. enjoy the rest of the...
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gescon for joining us and being part of this wonderful effort that we are announcing today with our technology community and certainly with the families of sandy hook. i would like to thank the families who flew all the way here from newtown, connecticut for joining us here today in san francisco. and while you are far away from home, i hope that you feel welcomed in our city. as a father of two girls myself, i can't imagine the pain and grief that you have suffered these past three months. and i have profound respect for your courage and for your commitment, for turning this grief into action. the tragic and horrifying events in sandy hook elementary school, touched every american, a tragedy of this magnitude brings along with it the pain, the shock, and the disbelief. and it forces all of us to ask the question how can we prevent such terrible events? how do we protect our children? our youth, our residents? for san francisco, it is very important for us to continue to have an open dialogue regarding gun violence so that we can answer these questions ourselves. today, we honored the three-mo
gescon for joining us and being part of this wonderful effort that we are announcing today with our technology community and certainly with the families of sandy hook. i would like to thank the families who flew all the way here from newtown, connecticut for joining us here today in san francisco. and while you are far away from home, i hope that you feel welcomed in our city. as a father of two girls myself, i can't imagine the pain and grief that you have suffered these past three months. and...
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we're all lamenting the lack of growth in technology, but that's because we're looking for technology in all the wrong places, like personal computers, which are just like electric coasters now. in servers, in cell phones. we should be looking for it in the oil patch, where core labs is responsible for mapping out and foipding out where the ail and gas is. the technology that core labs has invented is what's behind so many of these new fields. whether it be noble energy off the coast of israel, that's like in here, okay? or the gulf, or a whole host of companies looking for the next big discovery on this continent. oh, and let's be really discerning. when we get results from many of the oil and gas companies over the next few days, we're going to hear moaning and groaning about how the commodities come down in price. but when you have proprietary technology like core, you don't need to worry about the price of the commodity, because every company needs you to find oil where the oil is and help them get it out of the ground. that's why this stock rocketed $10 today, to finish at $136.5
we're all lamenting the lack of growth in technology, but that's because we're looking for technology in all the wrong places, like personal computers, which are just like electric coasters now. in servers, in cell phones. we should be looking for it in the oil patch, where core labs is responsible for mapping out and foipding out where the ail and gas is. the technology that core labs has invented is what's behind so many of these new fields. whether it be noble energy off the coast of israel,...
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and he would like to see that technology right here in the . >> reporter: the sheriff's office is working on a policy for using a drone for law enforcement. today he sited the terror attack in boston as a reason to use it. >> if we had a different perspective you can capture the people coming and going. >> reporter: he could see a use for it to patrol events in the east bay. >> the oakland marathon, before the race, during the race. >> reporter: he says he wants to see the suspects in the boston marathon bombing caught as much as anyone. >> a horrific attack on innocent people that took place on monday. >> reporter: he says in the past law enforcement used tragedies to expand their powers and that might mean drones in the future. >> is this making us safer? i don't think so. our privacy has been compromised. civil rights are comp compromised. >> he is working on a policy for privacy and any use would be limited and used on specific missions. christien kafton, ktvu channel 2 news. >> our coverage continues on www.ktvu.com. we posted the surveillance video and a slide show of the still imag
and he would like to see that technology right here in the . >> reporter: the sheriff's office is working on a policy for using a drone for law enforcement. today he sited the terror attack in boston as a reason to use it. >> if we had a different perspective you can capture the people coming and going. >> reporter: he could see a use for it to patrol events in the east bay. >> the oakland marathon, before the race, during the race. >> reporter: he says he wants to...
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the first technology of its kind... mom and dad, i have great news. is now providing answers families need. . ♪ john: when hundreds of union teachers showed up outside my office to yell at me they said, and teachers need more money. teachers were valued and paid like lawyers are business executives, this would be better. many people believe that. always complaining that we don't spend enough on education. but what he doesn't tell you is that we have, we have tripled per student spending since i was in college to the blue line of the chart. tripled student achievement in math, reading, science. they did not improve. how can that be? what happened to all that money? well, neil mccleskey -- neal mccluskey at the center for education for freedom. what happened to all the money? >> until a lot of things. the biggest thing, huge staffing increases. john: more teachers. >> part of it is more teachers. even more is more administrators , more teachers aides. also, all of that has gone into buildings, unnecessary programs, officers and other things. but just
the first technology of its kind... mom and dad, i have great news. is now providing answers families need. . ♪ john: when hundreds of union teachers showed up outside my office to yell at me they said, and teachers need more money. teachers were valued and paid like lawyers are business executives, this would be better. many people believe that. always complaining that we don't spend enough on education. but what he doesn't tell you is that we have, we have tripled per student spending since...
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tonight in mountain view nasa shows off technology that will pay big dividends during fire season. its coming up in a half hour at 6:00. now back to dan and cheryl. >> students at san francisco city college shared ideas on making the campus greener. >> that is right this, car aimed at reducing the number of cars on the road. >> they feel like selling produce is going to help armers -- farmers and provide healthier food for students. >> yes. they want the college to become more sustainable by expanding programs. >> all goodas. that is going to do it for us. >> i'm sirldnings. for watching. we'll se >>> this is "world news." tonight, two fast-moving stories. in boston, the breaking news. the fbi says they want everybody to help find these two men on the surveillance tape. persons of interest in the boston marathon bombing. we'll take you frame by frame through the video. why the fbi says, look at every detail. and the breakthrough comes as an emotional president tonight has a message for the bombers. >> we will find you. and, yes, you will face justice. >>> also tonight, that texas d
tonight in mountain view nasa shows off technology that will pay big dividends during fire season. its coming up in a half hour at 6:00. now back to dan and cheryl. >> students at san francisco city college shared ideas on making the campus greener. >> that is right this, car aimed at reducing the number of cars on the road. >> they feel like selling produce is going to help armers -- farmers and provide healthier food for students. >> yes. they want the college to...
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they use cellular technology. >> it helps them make better informed decisions which in turn makes us safer. >> reporter: originally developed forçó satellites, nas says the technology is find cin uses beyond fire. >> we can look at crop changes. >> reporter: but with california facing a very dry year there is a good chance the eyes in the sky will be back soon. joe rosati, jr. >>> and rob mayeda joins us, higher temperatures? >> yes, especially next week, you will think the temperatures jumped. right now, outside, mostly sunny and breezy, as we show you the view, looking across the bay. no low crowds around san francisco, the seabreeze is picking back up. in the south bay, you have mostly sunny skies. a difference based on that proximity, if you're right there near the bay, now the temperatures are cooling off quite a bit. this is an air flow pattern that is fairly moist, coming off the ocean. over the last few days, speaking of fire danger there is a dry north area, dropping the levels into the teens. not the case right now, we'll see more of a push of cooler marine air in and acr
they use cellular technology. >> it helps them make better informed decisions which in turn makes us safer. >> reporter: originally developed forçó satellites, nas says the technology is find cin uses beyond fire. >> we can look at crop changes. >> reporter: but with california facing a very dry year there is a good chance the eyes in the sky will be back soon. joe rosati, jr. >>> and rob mayeda joins us, higher temperatures? >> yes, especially next...
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. >> we are this silicon valley so of course you use technology however you cap. >>reporter: quickly created a facebook page. web site. organized donor drive all over the world. south east asian one of the smallest groups to donate bone marrow. >> l 1 in over 20,000 people finding a match. >>reporter: at this temple tonight people join the donor list and because of the on line network, for the first time bone marrow drive like this are taking place in india today and tomorrow. in sunnyvale, lisa, abc 7 news. >> we have information on how you can register to be a bone marrow donor on our web site. look under see it on tv. such a difference. >> easy process. >> let's turn our attention back to the forecast now. >> sandhya is here with what looks like sandhya warming forecast. >> indeed. you will see things heating up around here. second half of the weekend into early next week. live doppler 7 hd writ now showing you mostly clear sky. not tracking rain at this hour. high definition sutro camera to downtown san francisco. you can see visibility is great. skies are cle
. >> we are this silicon valley so of course you use technology however you cap. >>reporter: quickly created a facebook page. web site. organized donor drive all over the world. south east asian one of the smallest groups to donate bone marrow. >> l 1 in over 20,000 people finding a match. >>reporter: at this temple tonight people join the donor list and because of the on line network, for the first time bone marrow drive like this are taking place in india today and...
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but now nasa technology gives them a detailed heat map. prediction of where the fire might two or stall out. >>reporter: before the partnership the u.s. forest service gathered fe image but had trouble getting it to the fivrments they with putting the map on thumb drive and dropping them out of the airplane. >> you can see we used the actually drop the imagery on either a thumb drive or print it off in the air plane and put it in a tube and drop it down to the runway. >>reporter: the also hole in the plane replaced by antenna. instead of waiting hours firefighters know where to go in mutes. >> if some of the portions out in harm way it allows them to get communication out to them to move or to deploy to different area. >> forest service says only one problem with the technology. there's not enough of it. but nasa has answer for that too. sensor is the first that can scan fires during the daytime as well as at night so it can work around the clock. for the pilots the bags are packed. >> ready to go it looks like next week down in new mexico
but now nasa technology gives them a detailed heat map. prediction of where the fire might two or stall out. >>reporter: before the partnership the u.s. forest service gathered fe image but had trouble getting it to the fivrments they with putting the map on thumb drive and dropping them out of the airplane. >> you can see we used the actually drop the imagery on either a thumb drive or print it off in the air plane and put it in a tube and drop it down to the runway....
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. >> we are this silicon valley so of course you use technology however you cap. >>reporter: quickly created a facebook page. web site. organized donor drive all over the world. south east asian one of the smallest groups to donate bone marrow. >> l 1 in over 2,000 people finding a match. >>reporter: at this temple tonight people join the donor list and because of the on line network, for the first time bone marrow drive like this are taking place in india today and tomorrow. in sunnyvale, lisa, abc 7 news. >> we have information on how you can register to be a bone marrow donor on our web site. look under see it on tv. such a difference. >> easy process. >> let's turn our attention back to the forecast now. >> sandhya is here with what looks like sandhya warming forecast. >> indeed. you will see things heating up around here. second half of the weekend into early next week. live doppler 7 hd writ now showing you mostly clear sky. not tracking rain at this hour. high definition sutro camera to downtownan francisco. you can see visibility is great. skies are clear.
. >> we are this silicon valley so of course you use technology however you cap. >>reporter: quickly created a facebook page. web site. organized donor drive all over the world. south east asian one of the smallest groups to donate bone marrow. >> l 1 in over 2,000 people finding a match. >>reporter: at this temple tonight people join the donor list and because of the on line network, for the first time bone marrow drive like this are taking place in india today and...
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. >> of course in silicon valley you use the technology the. >> they created a facebook page, a win, and organized donor drives all over the world, southeast asians are the smallest groups to donate bone marrow. >> someone from asian descent has one in 20,000 chances of finding a match. >> people joined the list and in sunny valley for abc7 news. >> we haveness on how you can register to be a bone marrow donor at abc7news.com. >> cries are watching for flare-ups from a stubborn fire in california with mulch burning as they try to contain the esinjuriepoul me hours. red flag warnings were up because of the dry and windy weather in southern california. >> we are starting to get into fire season, right? you have looked at the hills and the color? >> getting dry out there. >> we will check with mike and the forecast. it will be a dangerous season when we have had a dry winter and this is no exception. they are getting ready for operations for what could be an interesting season. southern cal has the winds. >> at 4:45 we have live doppler 7 hd showing it is dry with hardly a cloud. check
. >> of course in silicon valley you use the technology the. >> they created a facebook page, a win, and organized donor drives all over the world, southeast asians are the smallest groups to donate bone marrow. >> someone from asian descent has one in 20,000 chances of finding a match. >> people joined the list and in sunny valley for abc7 news. >> we haveness on how you can register to be a bone marrow donor at abc7news.com. >> cries are watching for...
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our country needs more college grads to help fill all the open technology jobs. to help meet that need, here at devry university, we're offering 4 million dollars in tech scholarships for qualified new students. learn more at devry.edu. 4 >>> for some it is a chance to help the environments by paying the dmv extra and buying a special license plate. our state lost millions of dollars by failing to collect that money. ktvu's ken pritchett is live with more. >> reporter: here is one of those license plates. they cost $50 to get. $40 a year to renew. in this audit, it accuses the dmv of not collecting and not charging enough for the plates and over the years it added up. >> reporter: some plates show love for sfo. others belong to lawyers and this one needs explaining. >> i have a yellow and black mini. looks like a bee. >> reporter: she paid extra the plate. now it seems that money was not being selected or spent correctly. >> i am not surprised. >> reporter: it is the auditor's office that found the problem, having to do with the sale of the license plates. plates
our country needs more college grads to help fill all the open technology jobs. to help meet that need, here at devry university, we're offering 4 million dollars in tech scholarships for qualified new students. learn more at devry.edu. 4 >>> for some it is a chance to help the environments by paying the dmv extra and buying a special license plate. our state lost millions of dollars by failing to collect that money. ktvu's ken pritchett is live with more. >> reporter: here is...
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. >> we are this silicon valley so of course you use technology however you cap. >>reporter: quickly created a facebook page. web site. organized donor drive all over the world. south east asian one of the smallest groups to donate bone marrow. >> l 1,000 peoplen over 20,000 e finding a match. >>reporter: at this temple tonight people join the donor list and because of the on line network, for the first time bone marrow drive like this are taking place in india today and tomorrow. in sunnyvale, lisa, abc 7 news. >> we have information on how you can register to be a bone marrow donor on our web site. look under see it on tv. such a difference. >> easyro our attention back to the forecast now. >> sandhya is here with what looks like sandhya warming forecast. >> indeed. you will see things heating up around here. second half of the weekend into early next week. live doppler 7 hd writ now showing you mostly clear sky. not tracking rain at this hour. high definition sutro camera to downtown san francisco. you can see visibility is great. skies are clear. 52 degrees ri
. >> we are this silicon valley so of course you use technology however you cap. >>reporter: quickly created a facebook page. web site. organized donor drive all over the world. south east asian one of the smallest groups to donate bone marrow. >> l 1,000 peoplen over 20,000 e finding a match. >>reporter: at this temple tonight people join the donor list and because of the on line network, for the first time bone marrow drive like this are taking place in india today and...
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a massachusetts institute of technology officer, police officer, was then killed on the m.i.t. campus in cambridge shortly after there was a carjacking, the stolen car was found if watertown and police chase ensued. the suspects reportedly threw several explosives at officers and one suspect was killed. a patient died from a combination of wounds in the hospital. the second suspect got away. >> no surprise trending on twitter the words watertown, chechnya, boston, f.b.i., and dzhokhar tsarnaev the name of suspect number two. as you can imagine something like this, social media has information with theories and conspiracy of the shootout and the manhunt in boston. abc7 news reporter cornell bernard is following that story from the newsroom. >> the f.b.i. calls it the big electronic dragnet in united states history the first major federal cases where twitter and facebook are in full effect. moments after the bombing, suspects photos were posted and the f.b.i. website crashed. the site now back online and the pictures went viral on social media, twitter the facebook, millions of v
a massachusetts institute of technology officer, police officer, was then killed on the m.i.t. campus in cambridge shortly after there was a carjacking, the stolen car was found if watertown and police chase ensued. the suspects reportedly threw several explosives at officers and one suspect was killed. a patient died from a combination of wounds in the hospital. the second suspect got away. >> no surprise trending on twitter the words watertown, chechnya, boston, f.b.i., and dzhokhar...
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the first technology of its kind... mom and dad, i have great news. is now providing answers families need. siemens. answers. redesigned site has this new score planner tool with these cool sliders. this one lets us know what happens if we miss a payment. oh. this one lets us know what happens if we use less credit. yeah. what's this one do? i dunno. speaking mongolian. score planner is free to everyone. free score applies with enrollment in freecreditscore.com mongolian slider still in beta. >>> welcome back. i'm jake tapper. this is "the lead" standing here live on the streets of
the first technology of its kind... mom and dad, i have great news. is now providing answers families need. siemens. answers. redesigned site has this new score planner tool with these cool sliders. this one lets us know what happens if we miss a payment. oh. this one lets us know what happens if we use less credit. yeah. what's this one do? i dunno. speaking mongolian. score planner is free to everyone. free score applies with enrollment in freecreditscore.com mongolian slider still in beta....
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of homeland security plan calls for more security strategy that combines personnel, the ground, and technology like drones to monitor the border. as far as interior enforcement, there will put in place a mandatory employment garrett overification system, e-verify. and assistant to make sure e- verify is manageable and for employers and fraud-proof, to mae people cannot make up social security numbers or work off stolen social security numbers. st: the gang of eight spoke yesterday on capitol hill. four republicans and four democrats. lindsey graham of south carolina addressed concerns that he has heard from his peers about the pathway to citizenship. [video clip] >> learn the language, as a civics exams, pay a fine, work, pass a criminal background check, half of my family would be excluded. this is no easy task. [laughter] i'm glad we are not applying it to ourselves. i knowe is that america is ready for immigration reform. you look at all the polls. if the congress ready to do something that we should have done a long time ago? i really believe we are. if you think the border can be better s
of homeland security plan calls for more security strategy that combines personnel, the ground, and technology like drones to monitor the border. as far as interior enforcement, there will put in place a mandatory employment garrett overification system, e-verify. and assistant to make sure e- verify is manageable and for employers and fraud-proof, to mae people cannot make up social security numbers or work off stolen social security numbers. st: the gang of eight spoke yesterday on capitol...
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. ♪ the technology may be hard to imagine. but why you would want it... is not. the 2014 e-class. it doesn't just see the future. it is the future. made the way you say at subwa. with our oven roasted chicken, now a $3 six-inch select. make it your own with melty monterey cheddar or creamy ranch. and during april, the black forest ham is also a $3 six-inch select. subway. eat fresh. >>> 7:23. if you're just joining us this morning, we are following the breaking news in the boston marathon bombing case. these are live pictures from watertown massachusetts. everyone in the boston area, they're being told stay home. stay indoors, don't go to school. don't go to workment don't open businesses. that's because of a massive man hunt happening in the boston area right now focusing on watertown just outside of boston. one of the bombing suspects was killed overnight, n -- in a police shootout several hours ago. the other one is on the loose. law enforcement agents confirm the two suspects are brothers from the russian region of chechnya. we're going to bring you a live update from watertow
. ♪ the technology may be hard to imagine. but why you would want it... is not. the 2014 e-class. it doesn't just see the future. it is the future. made the way you say at subwa. with our oven roasted chicken, now a $3 six-inch select. make it your own with melty monterey cheddar or creamy ranch. and during april, the black forest ham is also a $3 six-inch select. subway. eat fresh. >>> 7:23. if you're just joining us this morning, we are following the breaking news in the boston...
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. ♪ the technology may be hard to imagine. but why you would want it... is not. the 2014 e-class. it doesn't just see the future. it is the future. 8:24 a developing story here in hayward where investigators are investigating a fatal crash between a deputy cruiser and a pedestrian. mike pelton is on the scene with the very latest is happening. >> mike. >> darya a major investigation team is here taking pictures. once they wrapped up the corner and come in and remove the body. the deputy's car that isn't what is right over here. you see it sustained quite a bit of froth in damage. authorities say this began early this morning around 430. they said the deputy has nine years' experience was driving north bound here on mission boulevard. following up on a report of a stolen car although he was not actively involved in the pursuit he just happen to be in the area. >> that is when he was a party struck and killed a pedestrian. another woman was taken to hospital but is unclear if she was struck or if any injuries she suffered from. >> this is still under investigation. neighbor say they
. ♪ the technology may be hard to imagine. but why you would want it... is not. the 2014 e-class. it doesn't just see the future. it is the future. 8:24 a developing story here in hayward where investigators are investigating a fatal crash between a deputy cruiser and a pedestrian. mike pelton is on the scene with the very latest is happening. >> mike. >> darya a major investigation team is here taking pictures. once they wrapped up the corner and come in and remove the body. the...
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much like the electronics business, just the speed of technology's, you know, exponential. it goes faster. and so that's it--we've always got to be out in front trying to find out what is that next thing that the consumers are looking for. >> and at the top of most consumer surveys is convenience. the variety of lettuce in each package eliminates the need to buy a lot of different heads of lettuce, and thus allows for customized blends. also, the petite size and shape of each
much like the electronics business, just the speed of technology's, you know, exponential. it goes faster. and so that's it--we've always got to be out in front trying to find out what is that next thing that the consumers are looking for. >> and at the top of most consumer surveys is convenience. the variety of lettuce in each package eliminates the need to buy a lot of different heads of lettuce, and thus allows for customized blends. also, the petite size and shape of each